# buachaill
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Breton bugel (“child”), Welsh bugail (“shepherd”), and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈbˠuəxəlʲ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠuəxəl̠ʲ/
* (Aran) IPA: /ˈbˠɔxəl/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠɔxəl̠ʲ/; /ˈbˠiːxəl̠ʲ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːxəl̠ʲ/

### Noun

buachaill m (genitive singular buachalla, nominative plural buachaillí)
* boy; young, unmarried man
    Synonyms: garsún (“pre-pubescent boy”), stócach (“teenage boy”)
** a. 1916, Pádraig Pearse, translated by Desmond Maguire, Short Stories of Padraig Pearse, published 1989:'Cén sórt éadach a bhí an buachaill tuaith a bhí ag caitheamh?' arsa an dlíodóir.'What sort of clothes was the country boy wearing?' said the lawyer.
** 2013 August, Alex Hijmans, “Fiche Bliain ag Spalpadh Gaeilge [Twenty Years Rattling Off In Irish]”, in Beo!‎:Ba bheag suime a bhí agamsa, buachaill ocht mbliana déag d’aois as an Ollainn, sa chaint seo.I, an eighteen-year-old boy from Holland, had little interest in this speech.
* boyfriend
    Synonyms: stócach, buachaill óg
* herdsman
* servant, male employee
* lad, boyo
* useful thing (referring to a masculine noun)
    Is é an rinse an buachaill chun na hoibre.The wrench is the right tool for the job.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
buachaill
buachaillí
vocative
a bhuachaill
a bhuachaillí
genitive
buachalla
buachaillí
dative
buachaill
buachaillí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an buachaill
na buachaillí
genitive
an bhuachalla
na mbuachaillí
dative
leis an mbuachaill don bhuachaill
leis na buachaillí :

#### Derived terms

* buachaill aimsire m (“servant-boy”)
* buachaill báire m (“playboy, trickster”)
* buachaill bán m (“favourite son”, literally “fair-haired boy”)
* buachaill bó m (“cowherd, cowboy”)
* buachaill caorach m (“shepherd boy”)
* buachaill críonna m (“the Devil”, literally “the old fellow”)
* buachaill feirme m (“farm-hand”)
* (in cards) buachaill mór m (“the joker”)
* buachaill óg m (“bridegroom”, literally “young man”)
* buachaill scoile m (“schoolboy”)
* buachaill seirbhíse m (“servant-boy”)
* buachaill siopa m (“male shop assistant”)
* buachaill stábla m (“stable-boy”)
* buachaill tábhairne m (“bartender”)
* buachaill tí m (“house-leek”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búachaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
* ↑ Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 1.3 (g), page 4: “'ua' go 'u/o' / bochaill (buachaill)”
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buachaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buachaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “buachaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* buachaille

### Etymology

From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷōus (“cow”) + *kʷel (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuəçɪʎ/

### Noun

buachaill m (genitive singular buachaille, plural buachaillean)
* cowherd
* herdsman, shepherd
* watch or protector of cattle of any kind
* youth

#### Derived terms

* buachaill an sgadain m (“large ray or skate, northern chimaera”)
* buachaill-bréige m (“rudely built monument on the crest of a hill”)
* buachaill-chaorach m (“shepherd”)
* buachaill-seòmair m (“valet-de-chambre”)
* òran-buachaill m (“eclogue”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “buachaill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búachaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language